Method of clocking a turbine by reshaping the turbine's downstream airfoils

A method of clocking a turbine is disclosed in which the leading edge of clocked downstream airfoils are bathed by either a low total pressure wake, or a cooled low total temperature wake, or both, by reshaping at least the leading edge of an airfoil along the airfoils' span or radial distance....

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1. Verfasser: HOLLOWAY DENNIS SCOTT
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Sprache:chi ; eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method of clocking a turbine is disclosed in which the leading edge of clocked downstream airfoils are bathed by either a low total pressure wake, or a cooled low total temperature wake, or both, by reshaping at least the leading edge of an airfoil along the airfoils' span or radial distance. The improvement is due to the fact that gas turbine wakes tend to be non-linear, such that a straight clocked downstream airfoil will receive a benefit of low total temperature or pressure over a portion of its span, while a restacked airfoil receives a benefit over a greater portion of the airfoil span from turbine hub to casing.